Global poverty is defined as the number of people worldwide who live on less than $2.15 a day. A person surviving on less than $2.15 a day lives in extreme poverty, as defined by the World Bank. More than 736 million people – or one out of every ten people on the planet – currently live below this poverty threshhold,1 and children, a highly vulnerable segment of society, account for more than half of the world’s poorest citizens.

 India Pakistan relations from the beginning are marked belligerently and with mutual suspicion. This is often best manifested by the frequency of wars both countries have fought against one another.

India demands friendly, peaceful, and cooperative relations with Pakistan. However, violence and terror are the biggest hindrances that hamper the smooth relationship between India and Pakistan. The relations between the two countries worsened in February 2021 when they issued a joint statement announcing that they would observe the 2003 ceasefire along the LoC.

The recent developments in India Pakistan relations are as follows:

• In Feb 2020, India stood by its Neighbourhood First Policy and desired a terror-free and non-violent relationship with Pakistan.

• Article 370 of the constitution of India gave a special status to Jammu and Kashmir. However, this Article was scrapped in 2019. After this, the relationship between India and Pakistan faced a severe blow. Pakistan suspended land and air links, trade, and railway services with India.

• India withdrew the Status of Most Favoured Nation to Pakistan on February 15, 2019.